MSc in Public Policy and Administration

Programme code: TMPPA

Department: Government

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of 2.5 units and a skills course and dissertation as shown. Part-time students may take courses up to the value of two full course units in their first year. Candidates may, subject to the approval of their supervisor, substitute for up to two of the written papers listed under Paper 3 below, any paper which is offered in the MSc, LLM or MA which involves at least 20 weeks of an integrated teaching programme and which counts as one quarter (or one full unit) of the complete MSc programme in which it is offered.

By choosing particular combinations of core courses, students can choose to have the title of a specialised stream added to the title of their degree:
MSc Public Policy and Administration (Comparative); or
MSc Public Policy and Administration (Public Management). 

Paper

Course number and title

1

GV4E9

Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration

2

Either

 

GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (H)

 

Or

 

GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)

 

Or

 

GV4F4 Policy Advice in Theory and Practice (H)

3

Courses to the value of one unit from the following:
Public Management:

 

AC412

Accountability, Organisations and Risk Management (H)

DV413

Environmental Problems and Development Interventions (H)

DV415

Global Environmental Governance (H)

EC452

Applying Behavioural Economics for Social Impact: Design, Delivery, Evaluation and Policy (H)

GV483

Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)

GV4A2

Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H)

 

GV4C8

Game Theory for Political Science (H)

GV4E4

Public Budgeting and Financial Management (withdrawn 2017/18)

GV4J5

Fiscal Governance and Budgeting (H)

LL4AT

Regulation: Strategies and Enforcement (H)

LL4AU

Regulation: Legal and Political Aspects (H)

MG402

Public Management: A Strategic Approach (H)

PH415

Philosophy and Public Policy (H)

 

Comparative Public Policy and Administration:

 

EU421

Policy-Making in the European Union (H)

EU443

European Models of Capitalism (H)

GV403

Network Regulation (H)

GV441

States and Markets (H)

GV477

Comparative Public Policy Change (H) 

GV4A5

International Migration and Immigration Management (H)

GV4C4

Legislative Politics: US (H) (L) * (not available 2017/18)

GV4C5

Politics of Economic Policy (H) (M)

GV4C6

Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) * (not available 2017/18)

GV4C8

Game Theory for Political Science (H)

GV4D4

The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H)

SA4F8

Behavioural Public Policy (H)

SA4L1

The Governance of Welfare: The Nation State and the European Union (H)

SA4M1

Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H)

 

Another course with the permission of the programme convenor.

4

Either

 

 

MY451M or MY451L Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) OR

 

MY452M or MY452L Applied Regression Analysis (H)

5

GV499

Dissertation

Notes

* Students must not take both GV4C4 (not available 2017/18) and GV4C6 (not available 2017/18).

To qualify for a stream, the following courses must be taken: 

Comparative Public Policy and Administration stream
GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration
GV477 Comparative Public Policy Change (H) OR GV4F4 The Politics of Policy Advice (H)
One half-unit from the Comparative Public Policy and Administration courses under Paper 3.

Public Management stream
GV4E9 Approaches and Issues in Public Policy and Administration
GV483 Public Management Theory and Doctrine (H)
One half-unit from the Public Management courses under Paper 3.